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Peru — Labor participation
Labor Force Participation Rate for Peru, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
72.86%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +23.2% since 1990
Labor participation for Peru was 72.86% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 79.24% in 2010. The lowest was 58.90% in 1992 (about 1.2× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.60% per year.
Peru ranks 23 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 12%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 63.14%, so Peru sits above it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 8% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
72.86%
First (1990)
59.12%
Change
+23.2%
Highest
79.24%
in 2010
Lowest
58.90%
in 1992
Average
71.26%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.60%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 72.86% |
| 2024 | 72.81% |
| 2023 | 72.69% |
| 2022 | 74.47% |
| 2021 | 71.93% |
| 2020 | 68.92% |
| 2019 | 77.36% |
| 2018 | 77.18% |
| 2017 | 77% |
| 2016 | 75.38% |
| 2015 | 75.9% |
| 2014 | 77.07% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.